You know, there’s a saying that goes : “Your attitude determines your altitude.”
And the more I think about this statement, the more I realize it’s true.
I want you to think about this: What’s your attitude when launching an affiliate offer?
Your attitude can, and often will, determine your ultimate success in launching an affiliate offer.
Here’s the attitude most affiliates have:
“Okay, I’ll try this offer out, but it’s probably saturated, I’ve seen a lot of other affiliates promoting this.”
“Man, I don’t know about this offer, the average cost per click is over 0.50!”
“I’m sure I can make this affiliate offer work, however, there’s no way this is going to last. I mean this is too good to be true, pretty soon everyone is going to be promoting it.”
“I don’t know enough about this niche to promote this offer.”
“PPC is getting too competitive, I need to focus on offers no one else is promoting, and hope I can make them profitable.”
“Sure, there are super affiliates having success with this offer, but I’m sure they have some special deal with the merchant, which is the only reason they’re successful!”
Sound familiar? If you’ve had these thoughts, I can tell you right now it’s KILLING your affiliate marketing business.
Here’s the attitude a super affiliate has:
“Other people are having a lot of success with this offer, so I will too. I’m going to make a killing with it!”
“Okay, this is a completely new niche for me, and I know I need a different strategy to be success with this offer. Let me study this niche and figure out what strategies other successful affiliates are using. I will make it work!”
“The cost per click is high in this market! But so is the EPC (earns per click) for this affiliate offer, so it’s all good.”
“This niche is definitely saturated. Not a problem, once I make my campaign solidly profitable at least I know my profits will be fairly consistent and stable.”
“PPC is very competitive these days. Let me learn as much as I can about it and stay at the cutting edge, so I can maintain my competitive advantage.”
See the difference? And YES you need to have the super affiliate attitude BEFORE you become a super affiliate.
Here’s the attitude I had when I was an aspiring super affiliate:
“Super affiliates are making lots of money with these offers, and I’m not. So what are these super affiliates doing that I’m not doing, and what I’m I doing that they are not doing?”
Answering the above question became my overriding goal. I thought about, I dreamed about it, and most importantly I took action: I asked a lot of questions on forum and even personally asked super affiliates about it, I read lots of ebooks, and listened to a lot of teleseminars. I tested a lot of markets, and experimented with several different ppc strategies.
So what’s the answer to the above question? We’ll read my blog, I lay it all out here! 
The next step beyond the attitude is taking personal responsibility.
PPC involves testing…and some choose to look at testing as “wasted funds”.
To do PPC, or even Internet Marketing long-term means you need to have some disposable cash to do testing.
It might be possible to strike gold on your first try, thought it’s very, very rare.
The best affiliates are those who test and persist till they find a winning formula.
That’s one of the biggest takeaways I’ve got from working with Amit on the Super Affiliate Accelerator…
Every time I try something especially where it involves spending money, I get a little nervous. I babysit new campaigns and mess with them until I am second guessing myself all over the place.
Once I stop worrying, everything turns out alright. I just need to trust myself more.
Adan:
Thanks for your advise. I will take it into account and actually try it.
Thomas:
I would say that starting off with about $50 dollars a month would be my preferred choice. Is that too low?